diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13d61713..96d957c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <aerospike-reactor-client>8.1.2</aerospike-reactor-client>
         <aerospike-proxy-client>8.1.2</aerospike-proxy-client>
         <reactor-test>3.6.8</reactor-test>
-        <embedded-aerospike>3.1.6</embedded-aerospike>
+        <embedded-aerospike>3.1.8</embedded-aerospike>
         <jodatime>2.12.7</jodatime>
         <lombok>1.18.32</lombok>
         <awaitility>4.2.1</awaitility>